In the shopping mall, ye zhiqiao was carrying a shopping bag and shuttling through the school supplies store. Although she wasn't sure if little treasure could go to school in the current situation, she wanted to prepare everything she needed first so that she wouldn't have to rush to prepare before the time came.
Children in kindergarten didn't need much, and most stationery kindergartens prepared it. She only chose a schoolbag, a cup and a few boxes of crayons.
Perhaps because of her profession, she hoped that little treasure would like to draw as much as she did.
After choosing the items to pay for, she took out her cell phone to search for the nearest bus route and prepared to take the bus home.
Suddenly, someone called her from behind.
"Ye zhiqiao?"
She turned around, stunned for a moment, then smiled slowly and said, "It's you? Come shopping too?"
"Mmm." Li Ruonan agreed, scratched his ear and lips, and walked towards her.
Seeing that she was carrying a lot of things, Li Ruonan asked, "You came over after work, too? Have you eaten yet? Do you want to have some together? My treat."
Ye zhiqiao had just eaten with gu mohan, but it didn't seem good for Li Ruonan to invite her directly and refuse. Just as she hesitated, Li Ruonan saw her dilemma and asked, "Have you eaten? How about we go and have a drink? I'm on a diet. I'm not eating dinner."
Li Ruonan so invited, as if there was something to say, ye zhiqiao agreed.
In the coffee shop, Li Ruonan and ye zhiqiao sat down together.
After ordering something good, Li Ruonan took a gulp of iced coffee and narrowed his eyes, "It's so comfortable. It's been so hot lately. I've been walking for a while and I'm sweating."
Ye zhiqiao nodded and smiled in agreement.
After breaking the ice between the two of them, she found out more and more that Li Ruonan was a child. She laughed when she was happy and lost her face when she was in a bad mood. Although this kind of character might offend many people in life, she did not hate or even envy him.
Apart from gu mohan, jian mengqi and others who were willing to have a heart to heart with her, the rest of the people around her were very scheming, and some even kept thinking about how to harm her. With Li Ruonan, she would not have such worries.
"Don't drink too much. Girls always drink cold drinks and suffer." Seeing that Li Ruonan was about to finish a large cup of coffee, ye zhiqiao reminded him carefully.
When Li Ruonan heard this, he stopped and puffed up his mouth in embarrassment, "My mother always says the same thing about me."
Ye zhiqiao took a sip of tea with a smile and did not reply.
After a long silence, Li Ruonan brought up the topic again, "Zhiqiao, actually, I have something to tell you about work... You've always been very helpful to me, and I'm especially grateful to you."
It was very difficult for Li Ruonan to express her gratitude in such a straightforward way, so she suddenly looked shy. But since she had started, she simply gritted her teeth and said everything in her heart.
"Well, that's what I'm telling you. When you made up with me in the first place, I was still trying to be petty. I thought you might set a trap for me at work, so I was careful for a long time. But then I realized that you were good to me. To be exact, you were good to everyone. You were a good person! So I..."
She lowered her head and said, "I appreciate it and want to apologize to you."
It turned out that this matter was insignificant to ye zhiqiao, but she didn't want to make Li Ruonan so difficult.
Ye zhiqiao shook her head with a bitter smile and said gently, "There's no need to say thank you again. There's no need to say sorry. I've never blamed you. It's perfectly normal to be defensive. There's no right or wrong."
Li Ruonan blinked in surprise and leaned forward on the table, confirming, "Are you really not angry?"
"Yes -" ye zhiqiao answered with a slight helplessness, dragging her long voice.
At this point, the heart balance between the two was completely opened, and then relaxed to talk and laugh, it was soon time to leave.
Li Ruonan rushed to pay the money and was about to go out with ye zhiqiao when he received a call and asked ye zhiqiao to leave first.
Ye zhiqiao waved goodbye to her, then followed the rows of chairs to the door.
In the middle of the walk, his eyes unconsciously swept sideways, and two familiar figures flashed past.
She stopped and calmed down to look.
A few steps away, bai zixuan and ye yiyu were sitting face to face on the sofa. The food in front of them did not move, and their expressions were focused as if they were talking about something.
Ye zhiqiao did not know that the two of them had been released from prison. Moreover, with ye yiyu and bai zixuan's hatred towards her, when the two of them got together, she really couldn't guess the better.
So she quickly took a few steps to the side and hid behind the empty seat, ready to eavesdrop on what the two were talking about.
"Miss, what do you need?"
"...
"Miss?"
The waiter's voice sounded above her head, and ye zhiqiao was shocked. She quickly waved her hand to signal her not to speak.
But the waiter was already puzzled and asked, "Eh? Didn't you pay with another lady and leave? Why..."
At this time, bai zixuan and ye yiyu also heard the sound and looked over curiously, just bumping into ye zhiqiao's panicked eyes.
Ye yiyu's face darkened at once, and she suddenly got up and came to ye zhiqiao's side, asking with dissatisfaction, "Why are you here? Eavesdropping on us?!"
"I..."
Ye zhiqiao wanted to explain, but her behavior just now was like what ye yi said, and it was not honorable.
Ye yiyu saw that her acquiescence was even angrier, so she raised her voice and scolded, "Why are you so shameless? Why are you eavesdropping in a corner while others are eating together?! Aren't you the kindest and most innocent? Innocent people do this kind of thing?!"
Ye yi's sharp voice and passionate shouts quickly attracted the attention of the customers around her, but she finally caught hold of ye zhiqiao, and naturally only wanted to make her look bad.
Just look, the more people you see, the better!
Bai zixuan also stood aside with his arms in his arms, watching ye yiyu mocking ye zhiqiao with great interest, and felt extremely relieved.
The noise lasted for a few minutes, and the manager of the coffee shop was called out to ask the staff at the side about what had happened.
Ye zhiqiao wanted to leave but was stopped by ye yiyu and bai zixuan, as if she had to lose all her face today.
At this moment, Li Ruonan, who had just finished the call, came out and immediately understood what was going on.
She pretended to be surprised and squeezed into the crowd to come to ye zhiqiao's side. Holding her hand, she asked, "Zhiqiao, what are you doing? Didn't I ask you to sit here and wait for me? Why are they all here?"